AYI — Acuity Brands Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates AYI Bearish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 22, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBearish
Net Conviction22
Actionability0 (no mans land)

Key signals behind this score

About Acuity Brands Inc

Acuity Inc. provides lighting, lighting controls, building management system, and an audio, video, and control platform in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL); and the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS). The ABL segment provides lighting solutions and luminaires with advanced electronics under the Aculux, American Electric Lighting, Cyclone, Dark to Light, eldoLED, Eureka, Fresco, Gotham, … Read full Trend Edge analysis →

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Key Metrics

Current Price$333.11
Market Cap$10.02B
Float29.5M
Shares Outstanding29.9M
P/E (Forward)15.34
P/E (TTM)22.21
Price/Sales (TTM)2.17
vs. Analyst Target+19.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin10.25%
Operating Margin (TTM)16.05%
Revenue (TTM)$4.61B
Earnings Growth (YoY)46.20%
Dividend Rate0.8%
Analyst Target Price$398.29 (9 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $3.33B $248M $1.40B $479M
2021 $3.46B $306M $1.48B $521M
2022 $4.01B $384M $1.67B $603M
2023 $3.95B $346M $1.71B $589M
2024 $3.84B $423M $1.78B $665M
2025 $4.35B $397M $2.08B $655M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Aug 2025 $1.21B $114M
Nov 2025 $1.14B $121M
Feb 2026 $1.06B $96.8M
May 2026 $1.20B $141M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.4%
Institutional Ownership100.1%
Short Float4.8%
% of All Funds Holding6.67%
Number of Funds Holding548

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$313.92Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$321.39Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$307.88Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$250.70Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$328.72Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$312.81Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$267.01Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$303.00 support 1.37x 0 months ago
$259.00 support 1.15x 12 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (99 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.09% 0.00% 47.47% 6.16% -6.60%
1 Day 0.34% 0.38% 55.56% 9.54% -9.20%
1 Week 0.66% 0.23% 53.54% 16.93% -16.61%
2 Weeks 1.21% 1.62% 57.14% 25.00% -20.66%
1 Month 2.64% 3.57% 64.29% 32.76% -24.21%

Next earnings: September 30, 2026 (80 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan0.0%52.0%25
Feb0.5%64.0%25
Mar0.7%48.0%25
Apr1.9%60.0%25
May0.2%60.0%25
Jun3.1%60.0%25
Jul1.8%58.3%24
Aug0.7%50.0%24
Sep-0.8%50.0%24
Oct3.8%54.2%24
Nov4.8%83.3%24
Dec3.4%70.8%24

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.13% 53.4% 1160
Tuesday 0.14% 52.5% 1270
Wednesday 0.08% 50.9% 1270
Thursday -0.03% 49.2% 1245
Friday 0.09% 53.5% 1239

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 100.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.4%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings7
Net Value-$6.5M
Net Shares Change-6,735
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings5
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
GOLDMAN BARRY R SVP & General Counsel -$4.6M 3 3 sell
HOLCOM KAREN J SVP & Chief Financial Officer -$2.0M 2 N/A
O'Shaughnessy Laura +$282,980 1 1 buy
Leibman Maya +$57,766 1 1 buy

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-05-04 Leibman Maya +$57,766 Transaction at $288.83, now +15.3%
2026-07-06 GOLDMAN BARRY R SVP & General Counsel -$438,780 Transaction at $365.65, now -8.9%
2026-04-10 O'Shaughnessy Laura +$282,980 Transaction at $282.98, now +17.7%
2025-10-30 GOLDMAN BARRY R SVP & General Counsel -$1.6M Transaction at $365.11, now -8.8%
2025-10-27 GOLDMAN BARRY R SVP & General Counsel -$2.5M Transaction at $289.89, now +14.9%
2026-01-30 HOLCOM KAREN J SVP & Chief Financial Officer -$1.3M Transaction at $274.50, now +21.4%

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AI Consult Analysis

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